Philip eufeland



(No Model.) P. LAND.

HAND MIRROR.

No. 270,190. Patnted Jan. 2,- 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP HUFELAND, or NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO PETER'WIEDERER, OFSAME-PLACE.

HAND-MIRROR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No}- 270.190, dated January2, 1883.

l l Application filed February 10,1882. (No modeLl 1'0 all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP HUFELAND, a citizen of the United States,residing' at New Yoik,rin the county and .State of New York,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand-Mirrors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates especially to the coustrnction and means of'attachment of mirrorhandles; and it consists in a mirror having combinedtherewith a handle and attachingpiece, one provided with elastic cheeksand the other with a tongue having the cheeks pivoted theretoinfrictional contact with its sides, r5 so that while the handle iscapable of adjustment it is automatically held in any of its positions.The attaching-piece is composed of metal,aud carries the tongue, whilethe latter is split flatwise, forming elastic walls, which 26 tend topromote thefriction between the ton gne and the cheeks. A spring isarranged in the clett-of the tongue to increase the elasticity of itswalls.

This invention is illustrated in the accompany iug drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a rear n View, showing the handle unfolded to position foruse. Fig. 2 illustrates the position of the handle when it is used-as abrace. Fig. 3

shows the attaching-piece on. a larger scale than 0 in the previousfigures. Fig. 4 is a cross-sec tion on the line a; as, Fig. 3.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the mirror; B, the

' handle, provided-with cheeks B; and O, the

3 5 attaching-piece, carrying the tongue 0. The

checks B are formed at one end of the handle by forking thesame at thatplace, and they are made elastic by constructing the handle of metal.The attaching-piece O is secured to the back of the mirror Ahy rivets orother 4.0

suitable means, and in such a position that the tongue 0 extends in thedirection oi'the length of the article in the line of the centerthereof. The cheeks B straddle the tongue 0 and are pivoted thereto, asby a pin or screw, all, so that 5 they are in contact with the sides ofthe tongue, such sides being flat. Like the handle B. the attachingpiece U is com posed of metal, and it issplit fiatwise, forming elasticwalls 0, while in the cleft of the tongue is arranged a spring,f, havinga tendency to expand the'walls.

By swinging the handleon the pivot d it can be brought to variouspositions, in either of which it is firmly retained by the triction dueto the contact of the cheeks B with the tongue U. This frictionalcontact is preserved by the elasticity of the cheeks B, also byihe likeproperty of the walls 0 and by the action of the spring f, so that thehandle is not liable to. Work loose. 7

What] claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ist Theimprovement in hand-mirrors set forth, consistingotthe handle and'standardB. forked at one end to constitute the elastic cheek-pieces B,which co-operate with the cleft elastic walls 6 e of the attaching pieceG by means of the pivot 01 to give a uniform frictional bearing, wherebythe mirror may be supported and used in the several positions shown and(lescribed. as specified.

. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand audseal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. i PHlLIP HUFELAND. [L. S.]

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF,

CHAS. WAHLERS.

